Google Launches More AI Tools, Open Source AI Agent Platform
At Bengaluru, the company announced new features for Project IDX, including a waitlist for running Android Studio on IDX.
"Hundreds of thousands of developers are using Project IDX, our web-based workspace for full stack development to build a wide range of apps," the company said today. "Project IDX is now in public beta and we've launched new templates for backends, databases, and solutions -- end-to-end example apps that demonstrate best practices for building apps using our suite of products. You can also integrate with Google Cloud Secret Manager to help protect the secrets that your app needs. And for Android developers, check out an early preview of Android Studio on Project IDX that runs fully in your browser. With just a few clicks, you will be able to set up a workspace that's running Android Studio to quickly start coding, building, and testing native Android apps. Sign up for the waitlist."
And More
Google also announced:
- An early look at AI-generated UI for Flutter, the company's platform that helps devs build, test, and deploy mobile, web, desktop and embedded experiences from a single codebase.
- The new Checks AI Safety service, now in private preview to help users evaluate, monitor, and oversee the compliance of AI models and agents. "You can run configurable content safety policies, adversarial prompt testing, and in-production app monitoring."
- A new set of Firebase services, including App Hosting, Data Connect with Cloud SQL, and Genkit, the company's new open source AI integration framework. "In addition to TypeScript support, Genkit for Go is now available in alpha to simplify the development of efficient and scalable AI-enabled services and apps, written in Go. We're also unveiling an early look at the Firebase AI Monitoring dashboard, which shows real-time insights into the performance and behavior of features built with LLMs — in production. It is now available in private preview and works seamlessly with Genkit, so sign up for the waitlist.
Google has been on an AI tear recently, with all of the above coming just a couple days after the company announced its new Google Vids AI video generator.
"Vids is an AI-powered video creation app that's designed for work and deeply integrated with the Workspace suite you use every day," Google said in a July 15 e-mail to members of Workspace Labs, an invite-only program where users can experiment with new AI-powered features in wares ranging from Google Docs to Gmail.
Users can join the company's early access group as part of the Google Developer Program to explore the company's latest/greatest new tech.
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